Improvement in horseshoes



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. Horseshoes. N 147 27] g Patented Feb-10.1874.

Twin eases jm/enior AM. PHUIFLITIIUGRAIHIG 16a IV. K vssm/vts 0055UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

JOSEPH JOREY, OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT.

IMPROVEMENT IN HORSESHOES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 147,271, dated February10, 1874; application filed November 14, 1873.

Toall whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J osnrn J OBEY, of New Haven, in the county of NewHaven and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements pertaining to Horse shoes, of which thefollowing is aspecification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, whereFigure 1 is a face view of a shoe embodying my said improvements. Fig. 2is a vertical sectional view of the same on the dotted line as m. Fig. 3is an edge view of the calk used. Fig. 4 is a view of what may be calledthe face of the calk. So far as the calk is concerned, it is the sameone shown in Letters Patent No. 126,712, dated May 14, 1872, and theshoe is the one that was and is used with this calk.

The invention consists in the insertion of a piece of flat metal, softerthan the iron or steel of the shoe and calk, between the neck of thecalk and the body of the sh oe, .within the socket made in the shoe forthe neck of the calk, for the purpose of enabling the neck of the calkto be driven tightly into its socket without the exertion of the greatforce which would be necessary if the calk and the shoe-of iron orsteelcame in direct contact with each other; and for the further purposeof letting the wear, caused by the concussion of the calk upon theground, expend itself on this piece of softer sheet metal, thus savingwear upon the calk and the shoe.

The letter a indicates the shoe; 1) 1) b the part of the calk intendedto project from the shoe; 0 c, the neck of the calk, fitting into acorresponding socket in the shoe; and d, the nail attached to the calk.It is very desirable that the neck 0 0 shall fit tightly in the shoe, sothat it cannot play backward and forward as the horse walks, this playof the calk tending to rapidly loosen the nail in the hoof. T0 attainthis end, leaving the neck and the socket in direct contact at allpoints, unless very costly and fine fitting is made use of, requires theuse of hard hammering on the calk, which has a very undesirable eifecton the horses hoof. To avoid this I insert a piece of metal softer thaniron (indicated by the letter 0) between the neck of the calk and theside. of the calk-socket. I prefer for this use a piece of sheet metalcommonly known as sheet-tin, consisting of sheet-iron coated with tin,because, first, it is cheap, and, second, while the tin upon the sidesof the iron affords the softnessto allow of driving in the calk tightly,and at the same time easily, yet the iron under the tin affords a firmsupport to the tin. The insertion of this piece of sheet-tin, whileapparently a very simple and trivial affair, yet serves importantpurposes, to wit: It enables the neck of the calk to be set tightly intoits socket without the use of very hard blows, and the soft metalsustains the wearupon the parts, and saves wear upon the neck andsocket, which would destroy the socket and the calk. So far as thisinvention is concerned, it is not necessary that the calk should havethe nail attached to it, for it serves substantially the same purposesif the nail is left off the calk, and the calk is driven into thesocket.

I claim as my invention- The combination of the calk with its neck, theshoe having a socket for the neck, and the plate of sheet metalsofterthan ironplaced between the calk-neck and the socket, substantially asdescribed, for the purposes set forth.

JOSEPH JOREY.

\Vitnesses WM. EDGAR SIMoNns, GEORGE G. SELL.

